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Published: Wednesday, August 6, 2014 at 12:30 a.m.

Last Modified: Wednesday, August 6, 2014 at 12:13 a.m.

Battleship receives donation from bakery

WILMINGTON | Over the Fourth of July weekend, Apple Annie's Bake Shop sold red, white and blue cupcakes to raise funds for the battleship restoration efforts. In total, 212 cupcakes were sold, and with private donations and a matching gift from the shop, a check in the amount of $515 was presented to the battleship.

State Employees' Credit Union awards scholarship to student

Diab, the son of Alice and Robert Diab, was awarded the scholarship for study at UNCW.

Laney student attends youth science camp

WILMINGTON | Laney High School student Brittany Williams of Emsley recently represented North Carolina as a delegate to the 2014 National Youth Science Camp.

The Wilmington teen joined 100 other top high school graduates representing the United States and eight other countries at the four-week program.

The topics at this year's event included cancer research, genomic medicine, radio astronomy, and energy sustainability. The study program allowed delegates to have hands-on experience in specific fields of interest.

For more information, visit www.nysf.com.

Girl Scout receives Eastham scholarship

WILMINGTON | Girl Scouts North Carolina Coastal Pines recently named Amy Stuart Erkes as a Misty Crabtree Eastham Scholarship recipient. Erkes participated in dual enrollment at both Hoggard High School and Cape Fear Community College during her senior year.

The daughter of Axel and Patti Erkes and granddaughter of Doris Erkes of Wilmington and Terry and Libby Sarner of Southport, Erkes has been a Girl Scout for 13 years. She earned the Girl Scout Gold Award in 2013 for presenting a project that provided educational materials to the Spanish-speaking community to help them understand the dangers of rip currents. Erkes has also worked with UNCW communication students, the school's Spanish department, Wrightsville Beach Ocean Rescue, Cape Fear Literacy, and Amigos Internacional to produce a video, which is available to view on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's website.

Erkes plans to attend East Carolina University to study nursing.

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